High School Football

BY MARC JIMENEZ

Good evening everyone and welcome to the 13th annual Outback Steakhouse Empire Challenge at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium. I will be providing updates throughout this summer football classic, which features the top senior players from Long Island going head-to-head with the top players from New York City. Long Island leads the series 6-4 and will look to rebound from last year’s 35-27. (In the first two years of the Empire Challenge, Nassau and Suffolk played one another.)

First Quarter:

11:49: LI started at the 20 yard line with Joe Sidaras at QB.

9:53: Trevor Perryman caught a 19-TD pass from Sidaras as LI took a 7-0 lead. LI went 80 yards on nine plays in 5:07. LI 7, NYC 0.

9:05: NYC started at the 35 with Jeffrey Legree at QB. On 4th and 6 at the LI 30 yard line, LI jumped offsides penalty before Legree picked up three yards on a QB keeper for the first down.

4:46: NYC is at LI's seven yard line.

3:23: On 4th and 8th, Legree three an eight yard TD pass to Shaahiyn Alston. NYC went 64 yards on 12 plays in 6:30. LI 7, NYC 7.

3:14: Brock Jackolski returned the kickoff 19 yards as LI started at the 29. Steven Probst replaced Sidaras at QB.

End of First: LI will be facing a 3rd and 8 at its own 49 yard line.